Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Thalidomide) Regulation 2004 (NSW)

2004 No 186

New South Wales

Poisons and Therapeutic Goods

Amendment (Thalidomide)

Regulation 2004

under the

Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966.

MORRIS IEMMA, M.P.,

Minister for Health

Explanatory note

Clause 50 of the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2002 (the principal Regulation) prohibits the supply of certain substances, including thalidomide, other than in specified circumstances. Thalidomide has been registered as registered goods on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods maintained under section 9A of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 of the Commonwealth. The object of this Regulation is to amend the principal Regulation to provide that clause 50 of the principal Regulation does not apply to thalidomide as registered goods.

This Regulation is made under the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966, including section 45C (the general regulation-making power).

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Clause 1	2004

Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment

(Thalidomide) Regulation 2004

under the

Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment
(Thalidomide) Regulation 2004.

2 Amendment of Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2002

The Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2002 is amended by inserting “other than as registered goods” after “thalidomide” in clause 50 (1) and (4) wherever occurring.

BY AUTHORITY